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control

found article

finding (lost property)

to grow old

finder (of lost property)

picking up stitches (knitting)

to single out

foundling

finder (of lost property)

found article

to get out of hand

out of hand

image found on the Internet (as opposed to created by oneself)

walking on the good part of a street (to avoid puddles, etc.)

to gather

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.)

to narrowly escape death

scavenging for food

to pick up

Gleanings from Ancient Stories (Inbe no Hironari, 807 CE)

(a) wander

rag-picker

to take a risk for someone

reading only the important parts

when one door is shut, another is open

to pick up

A Collection of Tales from Uji

gleaning

ragpicker

gathering up the ashes of the deceased

to collect the ashes of the deceased

ragpicking

gathering cigarette butts

picking up

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.)

picking up trash

walk

gleaning (i.e. picking up crop left after harvesting)

narrow escape from death

passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

firewood gathering

penny wise and pound foolish